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Europe's public banks disburse EUR 650 million to Sostanj coal plant despite ongoing corruption charges
March 8, 2013

Ljubljana – The European Investment Bank announced today [1] that it would pay the remaining EUR 440 million out of a EUR 550 million loan [2] for the construction of a new 600 megawatt lignite unit at Sostanj [3] in Slovenia, and that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development would follow suite with its parallel EUR 100 million loan.

Dreams of European Investment Bank Quitting Coal Go Up in Smoke - For Now
February 28, 2013

Climate activists take responsibility for fake press release, bizarre award ceremony

Brussels -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) president Werner Hoyer was forced to say this morning, during the EIB’s annual press conference, that an announcement that the bank would give up lending to coal was “pure nonsense”. And this, despite the fact that Hoyer repeatedly referred to the EIB as a frontrunner in the fight against climate change.

EU Summit: No axe for climate spending, but member states must deliver
February 8, 2013

Brussels, February 8 - A summit in Brussels on the EU budget for 2014-2020 concluded today with an unambitious commitment for 20 percent of EU spending to go towards tackling climate change. CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe called on member states' governments to build on this with national spending plans that ensure quality outcomes that work for Europe's people and environment.

EIB Capital Increase May Not Further EU Goals
January 14, 2013

Brussels -- Last week’s ten billion euros capital increase for the European Investment Bank (EIB), allowing the bank to lend 60 billion euros extra over the next three years, must come with clear commitments from the bank to stop loans for dirty energy, say NGOs.

ALSTOM nominated for "Prestigious" Public Eye Awards
January 7, 2013

The French energy and transport conglomerate Alstom is one of the seven finalists for the People's Public Eye Awards 2013.

The nomination is a result of information submitted by NGOs Focus Slovenia, SHERPA France and CEE Bankwatch Network, in which dubious business practices of the company across the world are highlighted -- often linked to proven corruption or corruption allegations surrounding the awarding of contracts.

The newest EBRD member, Kosovo, does not need new coal
December 22, 2012

Pristina - As Kosovo becomes the newest member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development today, civil society groups in the country tell the bank that it should exclude from the start any investments in coal and that it could have an enormous positive impact by supporting energy efficiency measures.

No excuses for the EIB to finance Sostanj
December 21, 2012

Ljubljana -- The Slovenian parliament has ratified today – in an extraordinary session, right before the start of the Christmas holidays – the state guarantee contract between the European Investment Bank and the Slovenian government for a 440 million euros loan for the construction of a new coal unit at Sostanj.

New report shows World Bank tough talk on climate is just a mirage in Mongolia's Gobi desert
December 14, 2012

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Just one week after its grim warning during the UN climate talks in Doha that the world is on a path towards a four degree-rise in global temperatures, the World Bank is set to approve financing for yet another coal plant. The plant will power a giant mining complex in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert, fuelling climate change and violating the Bank’s own policies, argues a new analysis from advocacy groups.

Dirty coal gets closer to receiving almost half a billion euros from EU taxpayers
December 3, 2012

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is gearing up to pay 440 million euros to a new 600 MW lignite plant in Slovenia at a time when calls for an end to subsidies for fossil fuels are intensifying all over the world.

Collapse of EU budget talks short-changes people and planet
November 23, 2012

With today’s collapse of negotiations at the EU budget summit in Brussels, environment groups CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe called on countries to focus their efforts on agreeing a deal in the new year that has quality EU spending [1] at the top of the agenda.